Louisville Basketball Quick Facts Location Louisville, Ky. 40292 Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,640 Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red & Black TOUGH. TOGETHER. UNBREAKABLE. Conference Atlantic Coast 1980, 1986 NCAA Champions 8 NCAA Final Fours 39 NCAA Tournament Appearances Home Court KFC Yum! Center (22,090) Sports Information University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 www.GoCards.com President Dr. Neeli Bendapudi Phone: (502) 852-6581 email: [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @LouisvilleMBB Vice President/Director of Athletics Vince Tyra Head Coach Chris Mack (Xavier ‘92) Louisville Cardinals (4-1, 0-0 ACC) UofL Record 48-22 (third year) vs. (5-1, 1-0 ACC) Overall Record 263-119 (12th year) Pittsburgh Panthers Assistant Coach Luke Murray (Fairfield ‘07) Tuesday, Dec. 22 7:00 p.m. ET Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, Pa. Assistant Coach Mike Pegues (Delaware ‘00) Assistant Coach Dino Gaudio (Ohio U. ’81) POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUPS Dir. of Basketball Operations Kahil Fennell (Redlands ‘04) Louisville (4-1, 0-0 ACC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown All-Time Record 1,750-934 (107th yr.) (does not include 123-3 record vacated by NCAA) F 10 Samuell WILLIAMSON 6-7 210 So. 10.0 5.3 Rockwall, Texas All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 61-40 F 14 Dre DAVIS 6-5 220 Fr. 10.0 3.8 Indianapolis, Ind. (39 Appearances, 8 Final Fours, 2 NCAA Titles - ‘80, ‘86) C 24 Jae’Lyn WITHERS 6-8 215 R-Fr. 10.6 6.4 Charlotte, N.C. Important Phone Numbers G 1 Carlik JONES 6-2 185 Gr. 17.3 7.0 Cincinnati, Ohio Athletics Office (502) 852-5732 G 13 David JOHNSON 6-5 210 So. 12.2 4.8 Louisville, Ky. Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 Pittsburgh (5-1, 1-0 ACC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 F 11 Justin CHAMPAGNIE 6-6 200 So. 17.8 12.3 Brooklyn, N.Y. SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 F 12 Abdoul Karim COULIBALY 6-8 215 So. 4.0 4.7 Bamako, Mali 2020-21 Schedule / Results #TEAM107 G 0 Ithiel HORTON 6-3 200 R-So. 7.5 1.8 Vauxhall, N.J. G 1 Xavier JOHNSON 6-3 200 Jr. 15.2 4.7 Woodbridge, Va. Date Opponent TV Time (ET) G 5 Au’Diese TONEY 6-6 210 Jr. 16.2 5.0 Huntsville, Ala. November Wed. 25 EVANSVILLE + ..............ACCN W 79-44 Head Coach: Jeff Capel (Duke ‘97) 35-37 in third year at Pitt, 197-147 in 12th year overall. Fri. 27 SETON HALL + ............ ESPN2 W 71-70 Sun. 29 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M ......... RSN W 86-64 Louisville plays its first ACC game of CARD FILE December the season when the Cardinals visit the Tues. 1 WESTERN KENTUCKY .....ACCN W 75-54 Pittsburgh Panthers on Dec. 22 in Pittsburgh, Louisville has won its conference opening Fri. 4 UNC GREENSBORO ............... Cancelled Pa. Louisville (4-1) suffered its first defeat game in 10 of the last 12 seasons and seven of Wed. 16 NC STATE * ........................ Postponed of the season, falling 85-48 at Wisconsin on the last eight entering Tuesday’s ACC opener at Sat. 19 at #12/12 Wisconsin @ .....ESPN2 L 85-48 Dec. 19 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in the Pittsburgh. Louisville has won its first conference Tues. 22 at Pittsburgh * ..................... RSN 7:00 pm Cardinals’ first game after an 18-day layoff due road game in 10 of the last 13 seasons. Sat. 26 KENTUCKY ...................ESPN 1:00 pm to COVID-19 issues. David Johnson led UofL Louisville’s 28 ACC road wins in its seventh January with 12 points, four assists and two steals in year in the league is the fourth-most in the ACC Sat. 2 at Boston College * .............. RSN Noon the loss in which the shorthanded Cardinals’ in that period. Wed. 6 VIRGINIA TECH * ........... ACCN 6:30 pm played with eight active scholarship players Carlik Jones is the only player in the ACC to Sat. 9 GEORGIA TECH * ........... ACCN 4:00 pm who were all sophomores or freshmen. rank among the top 15 in each of scoring (7th Wed. 13 at Wake Forest * ................ ACCN 6:30 pm in the ACC, 17.3 ppg), rebounding (13th, 7.0 Sat. 16 at Miami * ..........................ACCN 8:00 pm Scoring, rebounding and assist leader Carlik Jones, who missed UofL’s game at Wisconsin, rpg) and assists (2nd, 5.3 apg). Last season Mon. 18 FLORIDA STATE * ...........ESPN 7:00 pm at Radford, the graduate transfer was the only Sat. 23 DUKE * .......................ESPN 4:00 pm is expected back for the Cardinals’ game at player in the nation to average at least 20.0 Sat. 30 BOSTON COLLEGE * .........RSN Noon Pittsburgh. Pitt (5-1, 1-0 ACC) has won five February of its first six games this season, including a points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game, Wed. 3 at Syracuse * ..................... ACCN 7:00 pm 70-55 victory at Miami on Dec. 15 in its last and was one of just 16 players in Division I men’s Sat. 6 at Virginia * .........................ESPN 4:00 pm game, its first ACC game of the year. basketball to do so since the 1996-97 season. Wed. 10 PITTSBURGH * .............ACCN 9:00 pm Carlik Jones is 10th in the nation in career Sat. 13 at Virginia Tech * .............ESPN/2 Noon GAME FACTS assists among active players with 490 (21 at Wed. 17 SYRACUSE * ...............ESPN2 7:00 pm Site: Petersen Events Center (12,508), Louisville, 469 at Radford) and is 12th nationally Sat. 20 at North Carolina * ..............ESPN 4 or 6 pm Pittsburgh, Pa. among active career scorers with 1,621 points Tues. 23 NOTRE DAME * ............. ACCN 8:00 pm (69 at UofL, 1,552 at Radford). Television: Regional Sports Networks (Fox Sat. 27 at Duke * .............................ESPN 6:00 pm Louisville achieved a collective 3.10 grade Sports South in Louisville) - Bob Rathbun, March point average for the 2020 fall semester, with play-by-play; Brian Oliver, analyst. Wed. 3 at Clemson * .................ESPN2/U 9:00 pm 13 of its 17 student-athletes earning a 3.0 or Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, Sat. 6 VIRGINIA * ................ESPN/2 4:00 pm better GPA. The Cardinals have attained a col- play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst Tues. 9- at ACC Tournament ...............TBA TBA lective 3.0 GPA for 23 of the last 25 semesters. Sat. 13 (Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.) (Sirius channel 81, XM 81, Internet 81) A league-high matching five Cardinals were * ACC game Series History: UofL leads 19-6 (11-1 named to the 2020 All-ACC Academic Team + Wade Houston Tipoff Classic, Louisville, KY in Louisville, 8-2 in Pittsburgh, 0-3 neutral) @ Big 10/ACC Challenge, Madison, WI and UofL has produced an ACC-best 36 selec- Last Meeting: UofL 73, Pittsburgh 68 / OT tions over its six years in the league. (Jan. 14, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pa.) Louisville has a 46-12 record in the month of Guide Online — The 2020-21 UofL Officials: Roger Ayers, Pat Driscoll, December over the last eight years. Men’s Basketball guide is available in Brian O’Connell Louisville is one of only five schools to be pdf form with the QR code to the left, Next UofL Game: Dec. 26 vs. Kentucky, ranked in the AP Top 25 poll at least once during or at this link: https://uofl.me/2JHHddm KFC Yum! Center, Noon ET (ESPN2) each of the last 18 seasons (excluding preseason) Louisville notes vs. Pittsburgh -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581 About Pittsburgh — Louisville plays its first ACC game Last Year’s Meetings vs. Pittsburgh of the season when the Cardinals visit the Pittsburgh Panthers on Tuesday in Pittsburgh, Pa. Pitt has won five of its first six Louisville 64, Pittsburgh 46 games this season, including a 70-55 victory at Miami on Dec. December 6, 2019 -- KFC YUM! CENTER 15 in its first ACC game of the year. Louisville 64 Player min FG 3FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP Pitt is the only school in the ACC with three players ranked in Statistical Comparison Sutton f 30 1-4 1-3 0-0 5 5 0 1 0 2 3 the top 15 in scoring. The Panther trio of Au’Diese Toney, Xavier Pitt UofL Nwora f 32 7-12 2-5 3-4 6 2 1 1 2 2 19 Record ......................... 5-1 4-1 Enoch c 19 3-6 1-1 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 2 7 Johnson and Justin Champagnie combines for 49.2 points per Perry g 23 1-5 1-3 0-0 2 5 3 0 0 2 3 game. Pitt is among the national statistical leaders in offensive Scoring Average ..........75.0 71.8 McMahon g 36 3-6 3-6 2-2 3 2 2 0 1 0 11 rebounds per game (14.3, 21st in the nation), rebound margin Points Allowed ............64.7 63.4 Kimble 19 1-3 1-2 0-2 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 Williams 20 5-8 1-3 2-2 11 1 1 0 0 0 13 (+11.0, 25th) and three-point field goal defense (.266, 32nd). Scoring Margin .........+10.3 +8.4 FG Percentage ............ .441 .490 Williamson 16 2-4 1-3 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 2 5 The Panthers are No. 58 in ESPN’s College Basketball Power Slazinski 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Opp. FG Percentage ... .382 .401 Johnson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Index (BPI), No.